Russian sub stuck on sea floor

I figured there must be a thread on this somewhere… so forgive me if I’m duplicating (and lock if necessary) but I can’t find it.

Anyway, latest news is that the American and British cargo planes carrying unmanned rescue vehicles have arrived. I haven’t heard much about the capability of the British vehicle, but the American one claims to be able to cut through steel cables.

It looks like the story of what is keeping it down there is changing now…

I can’t really picture what exactly they’re talking about… the sub is stuck because it can’t get loose of an anchor? Hopefully once one of the robotic subs gets down there they can figure out what’s going on, and do something about it.

Here’s the latest CNN story

As of 4 a.m. ET the Russians are saying the crew has about 24 hours of oxygen left (that number has been bouncing around, but obviously time is of the essence).

Let’s hope for the best…

Again? Didn’t this happen just a few years ago with the Kursk? These Ruskies need to get their subs straightened out.

Here’s the BBC report of the incident, which mentions the Kursk sub.

Supposedly, it’s up. No news yet on how they’re doing, though.

Thank you for that link in this late hour. I’ve been trying to follow this a hoping for a happy ending. Nice to hear just before going to sleep.
Now to get the shuttle home safe.
Night.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050807/ap_on_re_eu/russia_navy_accident;_ylt=AkjmMes8yALhFEV.8UPfJXKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

Great job from the UK team!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/08/06/international/i184701D37.DTL

So cool. Yeah Brits. People learning to work together. May be some hope for this world yet. Glad Russian were quick to ask for help. Glad UK, USA and Japan were quick to respond.

So why the Russians had no rescue sub right there?

Becouse the Priz submersible is their rescue vehicle itself! :smack:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4128614.stm

That’s the key…asking for help immediately! The final threads of the Iron Curtain have fallen.

Welcome back to the daylight, guys!

Yes, with the Kursk inciedent they delayed asking for help then cynically lied about the incident. But more recently Russia learns lessons of Kursk disaster

Yah! A real feel-ggod story!

Right on. Seems like most news reports and stories have grave endings these days. Nice to see things work out with happy endings and all for once :slight_smile:

My wife, caught on the news, 6 of the 7 crewman have already been released from the Hospital. No word on the 7th yet.

So how does a sub get tangled up in a fishing net to begin with? Ivylad was a sonar tech in the Navy and ain’t no way in hell a fishing net was going to stop one of those babies.

It was a small rescue sub, not a war vessel.

I bet the skipper has not heard the last of this!

jrfranchi*
It was a small rescue sub, not a war vessel.*

Talk about irony.

How long do you think it will be before any of the crew can enter a closet with the shakes?

Welcome back to the world of air and sunshine, guys.

I hate to highjack, but the “final threads of the iron curtain” are nowhere even close to falling. In fact, Putin seems to be trying to reweave the thing out of whole fabric and put it right back in place.